Subutex
A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in…A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A now discontinued brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions, in particular heroin.
Origin
A marketing coinage, perhaps based on sublingual (“administered through placement under thA marketing coinage, perhaps based on sublingual (“administered through placement under the tongue”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsuboxone
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable